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Murray Goodwin

Zimbabwe

Full name Murray William Goodwin

Born December 11, 1972, Salisbury (now Harare)

Current age 36 years 346 days

Major teams Netherlands, Zimbabwe, ACB Chairman's XI, Ahmedabad Rockets, Cricket Australia Chairman's XI, ICL World XI, Mashonaland, Mashonaland A, Subiaco-Floreat, Sussex, Warriors, Western Australia, Western Australia Second XI

Nickname Muzza, Fuzz, Goodie

Playing role Higher middle order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

Height 1.77 m

Education St John's, Harare, Zimbabwe; Newtonmoore Senior High, Bunbury, Western Australia

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	19	37	4	1414	166*	42.84	3053	46.31	3	8	165	5	10
ODIs	71	70	3	1818	112*	27.13	2654	68.50	2	8	160	8	20
First-class	250	435	35	19180	344*	47.95			59	79			139
List A	329	315	37	9982	167	35.90			13	62			102
Twenty20	56	51	7	1266	102*	28.77	1071	118.20	1	7	151	15	10

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	19	8	119	69	0	-	-	-	3.47	-	0	0	0
ODIs	71	15	248	210	4	1/12	1/12	52.50	5.08	62.0	0	0	0
First-class	250		713	376	7	2/23		53.71	3.16	101.8		0	0
List A	329		351	306	7	1/9	1/9	43.71	5.23	50.1	0	0	0
Twenty20	56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Kandy, Jan 7-11, 1998 scorecard
Last Test	England v Zimbabwe at Nottingham, Jun 1-5, 2000 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Colombo (SSC), Jan 22, 1998 scorecard
Last ODI	England v Zimbabwe at Lord's, Jul 22, 2000 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1994/95
Last First-class	Nottinghamshire v Sussex at Nottingham, Sep 23-26, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1994/95
Last List A	Worcestershire v Sussex at Worcester, Sep 27, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Hampshire v Sussex at Southampton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Somerset v Sussex at Birmingham, Aug 15, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Murray Goodwin is a diminutive and sometimes destructive player who can bat anywhere in the top four. His formative years were spent on the bouncy WACA wickets in Perth, and left him a predominantly back-foot player who cuts and pulls the pace men with impunity. His light feet and willingness to use them make him equally adept against spin, and he is quick and alert in the field. Goodwin was born in Rhodesia, where he returned after his family had emigrated to Australia while he was still a youngster. But his wife could not settle in Zimbabwe, and Goodwin went back to Australia after the England tour of 2000, thus renouncing the chance to play Test cricket. Goodwin, who was popular with his team-mates, missed the chance to become one of Zimbabwe's great batsmen. In the meantime he made a name for himself at Sussex. After a prolific season in 2001, he became an instant legend two years later, when he scored a club-record 335 not out against Leicestershire to seal Sussex's first Championship title in their 164-year history. He has since been involved in the success in the C & G Trophy final of 2006. At Western Australia he has enjoyed some big-scoring years, including 1183 in 2003-04 and 840 the following summer, and moved into the top 15 on the state's domestic first-class run list. He joined the ICL in its second season, played eight games for Ahmedabad Rockets, before quitting the league to commit to Sussex.
Geoffrey Dean June 2009